Nest Pitch Introductions – A pitching contest with an Australian and Croatian flavour

There’s
a special Easter tradition throughout central and northern Croatia – makingEaster
Nests. On the afternoon or eve of Easter Saturday childrengo out into the garden and collect
leaves, grass, twigs, with which to make a “nest” for the Easter Bunny – that’s
where he places hisEaster-Egg-Presents.The children go to bedthat eve wondering if the Easter Bunny
will like or love their nest, because the best nest gets the best and biggest
eggs!

#NestPitch
is based on this idea where an author’s ‘pitch’ is the nest and the Easter
Treats are the Agents (SECRET BUNNY AGENT) requests.Why Croatian I hear you ask? Simple the Host
Nikola Vukoja was born in Croatia.

However,
as Nikola was raised in Australia, she couldn’t help but bring a little Aussie
into the fold… more on that later.

So how does it work?

The
submission window will open on April 1st

For
those who haven’t been watching/listening carefully, this is how #nestpitch
will work. On April 1st, you will send us your 35-word pitch +
the first 300* words of your polished and ready manuscript.

NOTE; for Picture Books, it’ll be the first 100 words.

Go herefor all the rules and conditions, and
please follow the rules & submission guidelines.

Once
Submissions are closed, ourteam of Slush
Bilbies will pick the top 100-odd. For more informationon the Slush Bilibies, go to here.

What’s
a Bilby?It’s a super cute Australian
Native Animal. Easter Chocolates in Australia are also made in the shape of a
Bilby.

From
there ourTeam of Bloggers, yep,
I’m one of them, will each pick their favourite pitches to post on their
blogs. The selected pitches will be notified via emailalso. For Blogger info go here.

This
year there are NINE BLOGGERS, that’s 72 opportunities!

I’ve
also added a list of the other Bloggers.Once the pitches are posted, theSecret
Bunny Agentswill hop from
nest to nest and leave a chocolate treat.

For
example:

Golfer
Bunny has left you 1 Box of Caramel Eggs –for all the *TREATS* got to here.

You’ll
need to know what Easter Treat equals what request so I suggest you save a copy
of the Easter Treats request items to your desktop; or better still, print a
copy off.

At the
end of the Easter Egg Treats day… you will be sent a second email with a list
of agents who made a request. If any agents have given specific email
addresses, this will be added to your email. If not, please email to the Agency
Website but remember to follow the guidelines with regard to what to write in
the Subject Line.

For a
quick list of the agents refer below.

But wait;
there’s still more! We also have MAGIC
BUNYIPS!

Magic
Bunyips are Agents who, like their name-sake, will be lurking around the blogs.If they see something they like, they’ll
leave you a “treat” also.What’s a
Bunyip?Well here’s a little bit more of
that Aussie influence.Bunyips are
mythical creatures who live around billabongs (ponds).They are very shy and secretive, a little
strange-looking, but not all that mean and nasty. Sorry, we can’t tell you who
the Bunyips are because, frankly, we’re not sure they’re real…

Now,
because we know EVERYONE likes a reward for all their hard work, there’s going
to be some prizes too.The pitch that
gets the most over-all requests as well as the pitch the gets the most FULL
requests will each receive an AMAZON Gift Voucher.

There
are three gift vouchers up for grabs:

(i)Most overall
requests (for selected pitches only)

(ii)Most FULLS requested
(for selected pitches only)

(iii)First correct Match
the Agent to the Mask (everyone can play!)

How
this works:

Each of
the agents has taken on a Secret Agent Bunny Mask and your job is to
identify who is wearing which Mask. (you’ll find the Agent List here.

There’s
an Amazon Voucher in it for the first correct answer. For more info, go here.

(4) LAPTOP
BUNNY

(5) MAD SCIENTIST BUNNY

(6)SOCCER BUNNY

(7)JUGGLER BUNNY

(8)NINJA BUNNY

(9)ARTIST BUNNY

Oh, and don’t panic if you don’t see your genre or
category, these are TOP agents who work for AWESOME agencies, eight agencies to
be accurate, trust me, their colleges are watching, and waiting, and intending
to leave treats under these Bunny Masks.

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